Cpu/Invoke-CpuArtificialWorkload.ps1
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function Invoke-CpuArtificialWorkload { [CmdletBinding(PositionalBinding = $true, SupportsShouldProcess = $true )] <# .SYNOPSIS This creates an artificial workload to test a system under load .DESCRIPTION Useful for putting a load onto a system to see if performance/exceptions happens e.g. race conditions .NOTES Originally borrowed from https://www.robvit.com/windows_server/generate-cpu-load-with-powershell/ #> Param( [Parameter()] [int] # multiplies the number of threads per Logical Processor (beware things will get really slow!) $ThreadsPerLogicalProcessor = 1 ) $NumberOfLogicalProcessors = Get-CimInstance win32_processor | Select-Object -ExpandProperty NumberOfLogicalProcessors foreach ($core in 1..($NumberOfLogicalProcessors * $ThreadsPerLogicalProcessor)) { start-job -ScriptBlock { $result = 1; foreach ($loopnumber in 1..2147483647) { $result = 1; foreach ($loopnumber1 in 1..2147483647) { $result = 1; foreach ($number in 1..2147483647) { $result = $result * $number } } $result } } } Read-Host "Press any key to exit..." Stop-Job * } |